The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.
Women suffered severely during Nepal's civil war, and an uncertain peace has not ended their insecurity. A UN call for women's protection during war and their full involvement in peace-building remains largely unrealized.
The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.
In Afghanistan, conflict has not only caught the female non-combatants in its violence, but have severely crippled already inadequate services such as health and education.
It is mainly men who wage war. But it is women who so often pay the price. They bear the brunt of the suffering protracted conflict brings.
UNFPA's Second Generation Humanitarian Strategy offers a vision and plan for mainstreaming humanitarian programming Fund-wide. It ensures that UNFPA's humanitarian action is well coordinated, timely, and scalable — before, during and after a crisis — and focuses on the mandated areas of reproductive health, population dynamics, gender equality, gender-based violence, and young people in crisis situations.